Cultural Revitalization & Resistance

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LibCat

Use LibCat, the library's catalog, to search for resources by Keyword, Title, or Author.

The ‘Browse By Subject’ search option (in the menu at the top of the LibCat page) can also be used to find materials about a specific subject and/or geographic location.

Below, find a few examples of subject headings that may relate to your research topic. You can copy and paste into the "Browse by Subject" option available in the menu bar at the top of LibCat. (Replace Place with a broad place description, e.g., Hawaiʻi, Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, etc.)

  • People Ethnic identity
  • Indigenous peoples Ethnic identity
  • Indigenous peoples- Ecology
  • Indigenous peoples Education
  • Cultural property Protection Place
  • Cultural property Repatriation
  • Nativistic movements Place
  • Racism in museum exhibits
  • Self-determination, National Place
  • Oceania

Samples of Books in Print

Articulating Rapa Nui: Polynesian Cultural Politics in a Latin American Nation-State book cover

Articulating Rapa Nui: Polynesian Cultural Politics in a Latin American Nation-State
by Riet Delsing
Call Number: F3169 .D45
Publication Date: 2015

Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom  book cover

Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom
by David Akin
Call Number: DU850 .A684
Publication Date: 2013

Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge book cover

Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge
by Brendan Hokowhitu (Editor); Nathalie J. Kermoal (Editor); Chris Andersen (Editor); Anna Petersen (Editor); Michael Reilly (Editor); Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez (Editor); Poia Rewi (Editor)
Call Number: GN380 .I5
Publication Date: 2010

Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism book cover

Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism
by Noenoe K. Silva; Gilbert M. Joseph (Contribution by); Emily S. Rosenberg (Contribution by)
Call Number: DU625 .S49
Publication Date: 2004

Reassessing Revitalization Movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands book cover

Reassessing Revitalization Movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands
by Michael E. Harkin (Editor)
Call Number: GN472.7 .R4
Publication Date: 2004

Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup book cover

Government by the Gun: The Unfinished Business of Fiji's 2000 Coup
by Robbie Robertson; William Sutherland
Call Number: DU600 .R6
Publication Date: 2001

Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific book cover

Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
by Richard Nile; Christian Clerk
Call Number: DU107 .N55
Publication Date: 1996

Browse our eBook Collections

Mookini Library provides access to many ebooks from any device with Internet. Many of the ebooks can be found in LibCat or by using the ebook links below.

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Samples of Ebooks

The Empires' Edge: Militarization, Resistance, and Transcending Hegemony in the Pacific book cover

The Empires' Edge: Militarization, Resistance, and Transcending Hegemony in the Pacific
by Sasha Davis; Deborah Cowen (Contribution by); Jeffrey Bryan Davis; Nik Heynen (Contribution by); Melissa Wright (Contribution by)
Call Number: DU68.D48 D38
Publication Date: 2015
Available in print and online

Waves of Resistance: Surfing and History in Twentieth-Century Hawaiʻi book cover

Waves of Resistance: Surfing and History in Twentieth-Century Hawaiʻi
by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 W35
Publication Date: 2011
Available in print and online

Potent Mana: Lessons in Power and Healing book cover

Potent Mana: Lessons in Power and Healing
by Wende Elizabeth Marshall
Call Number: DU627.8 .M37
Publication Date: 2011
Available in print and online

Changing Contexts, Shifting Meanings: Transformations of Cultural Traditions in Oceania book cover

Changing Contexts, Shifting Meanings: Transformations of Cultural Traditions in Oceania
by Elfriede Hermann (Editor); Stephen Little (Foreword by)
Call Number: DU28 .C47
Publication Date: 2011
Available in print and online

Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia book cover

Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia
by Ben Finney; Marlene Among (Contribution by); Chad Babayan (Contribution by); Tai Crouch (Contribution by); Paul Frost (Contribution by)
Publication Date: 1994

Plantation Workers: Resistance and Accommodation book cover

Plantation Workers: Resistance and Accommodation
by Brij V. Lal; Doug Munro; Edward D. Beechert
Publication Date: 1993

Samples of Audiovisual Materials

Maori: The New Dawn
Production Date: 1984
Hawaiian Self-determination: Sovereignty
Production Date: 2014
A Dream of Peace
by Miriama Ohlson (Producer & Director), Ron O'Grady (Script Writer)
Production Date: 199?
Te Rua
by John O'Shea (Producer), Barry Barclay (Writer & Director)
Production Date: 2011
Wai 26: The Indigenous Flora and Fauna Claim by Toby Mills
Production Date: 2007
N.Z. Maori Protest
Production Date: 2011
Kahoʻolawe: The Revival
Production Date: 2012